A patient presented with abdominal pain, hypotension and a retroperitoneal haematoma 5 days after transplant nephrectomy.
Vascular injury sustained from transplant nephrectomy was repaired using endovascular techniques. Several known advantages
to endovascular repair include: (1) intervention by a less invasive approach, (2) performance under local anaesthesia, (3)
association with a shorter hospital stay and (4) reduction in morbidity and mortality. There were no infectious complications
to the stent or the patient despite positive blood cultures obtained upon admission to the hospital. It was concluded that
endovascular repair of an iliac artery used for kidney transplantation had favourable outcomes with respect to infection control
and use of the vessel for future anastomosis.